Somewhere over the rainbow there is a big tailor waiting
With a light onshore wind forecast for Friday evening and Saturday morning, Sherbs, Joes and I decided to take a trup up to tailor spot to the north of Perth.
After a lengthy drive we arrived to find conditions a bit calmer than we had hoped, but it soon looked like the fishing was still going to be good anyway when Sherbs hooked up with the first cast of his Richter plug to what turned out to be a really solid tailor. With the way the fish pulled and a first look at it coming out of the water, you would have swore it was close to 60 cm, so we were very surprised when it came in at only 52 cm. It still must have weighed a few kilos though.
Despite the three us thowing plugs and poppers until the sun set, that was all the action we had in those few hours.
Soon after dark the rain set in and while Sherbs maunfully set about keeping our camp fire going, I hit the beach to saok a mulie on a running sinker rig.
My wet wait finally paid off when a very solid 48 cm tailor hit my mulie hard.
It appeared the tailor were pretty thin on the ground and after a few more fruitless hours we hit the sack hopeful that the next morning was going to produce a hot session.
Once again it looked like the fish were going to really be on the bite when I hooked two solid 45 cm plus tailor within 3 casts and another very close follow on my green Richter plug.
But again, the tailor moved on quickly and the rain moved in. Despite throwing numerous plugs and poppers and then a few baits, there was no more tailor action, though Sherbs did manage a double header of wrasse (lol) and Jodie picked up a wirra.
It certainly wasn't the action filled trip we had hoped for, and we ended soaking wet, it was still great to get away with soime Fishwrecked buddies.
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buschy
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A couple of nice fish
No jumbos, but still looks like a great spot and as long as you all enjoyed the break! Well done and great pics.
Markie
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hav never tried the
hav never tried the richters. so there good in the surf as well as the reefies?
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Hookt They will work wherever the tailor are I guess
The great advantage with them in reefy areas is that you can cast across reefs and most often not get snagged.
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TonyT
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Colin do you let the richter
Colin do you let the richter sink more or do you tend to retrieve it on top like a popper, cheers...
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Tony I try and mix it up
Sometimes the tailor will chase them across the top and sometimes they hit them when the plug is just below the surface. Varying the speeds can also change your fishing luck. Sherbs got hit first cast when he had his plug going full speed.
I was varying my retrive rates when I hooked up.
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sounds like you had a bit of
sounds like you had a bit of fun even with the rain. good solid tailor even tho not long.
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The good thing was that they hit and fought hard Russ and Sandy
The rain wasn't too bad apart from soaking all of our gear, which made it a messy pack-up. I am still getting wet sand out of my camping gear and clothes.
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Nice Work Guys
Some consistent fish again by the looks of it. I was going to head up this morning but the forecast wasn't at all good. Then, when I looked outside after sleeping in it turns out the conditions could well have been perfect for popping. Oh well........
The Richters are very effective and you can send them out a long way. I use a wooden weighted plug and it stays pretty much on the surface. Great for throwing over reef. Not much paint left on it now though......:)
Well done again guys.
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Yeah, the forecasts were all over the place Vince
We made a last minute decision to go Friday night because of the forecasts and they didn't turn out as predicted.
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Nice work guys don't you
Nice work guys don't you hate when you hook stright up and think its on ,then they shut down .Still a good trip with a few fish.water looks nice and flat shame I was WORKING.
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I heard you were hard at work Paul
We will get you up to our spot one day soon hopefully.
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Well done there. Some nice
Well done there. Some nice metro choppers. Good to see you braved the wet conditions - I copped some of that rain too!
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I think the rain cloud was following us Daz
It was sunny everywhere else except where we were fishing. Thanfully, with the light wind it wasn't that cold.
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nice stuff
nice stuff
SQUIDGYS for the win!!
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Rainbow army strikes
Rainbow army strikes again!
Well done guys, they certainly love those richters
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Good
Good to see your dressed much better for this trip Col !
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Lol You should have seen me before I dressed up for the photo
Wade. We all looked like drowned rats.
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sherbert
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I told him he
Still look like a tramp , By the way that was his travle home gear
Col how was my cooking lol
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Got to hand it to you mate the sausages and beans
were a treat and Jodies home made smoked salmon and salad rolls made a great breaky. You know the salad was good when a seagull turned up its beak to a mulie and ate the tomato instead.
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Colin Hay
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A big thanks for all the input regarding switching out
the trebles on my Richter plugs for singles. It worked a treat.
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Mate it will get better with
Mate it will get better with the warmer weather comming and hopefully in Oct i can come and join you again for a fish as i have leave bloody work worked all weekend good to see some a bit bigger tailor comming
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Yeah Graham, October and November
is a pretty hot time for tailor up that way.
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Well done boys
some good fish, good mates and i bet the hot shower was good too. cheers Pete
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A hot shower was definately good value Pete
Even just to get all the sand off.
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a wirrah
the lowest of lows ... sigh
and not from lack of trying either. Think I need to get the Pearls out again ;)
Thank God the company was entertaining :D
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Jody at home in the bush
Colin stoping and having a insite to all the plants lol from jody /ME having to stop for them to catch up
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good info and good report
good info and good report lads , cheers, im always lookig for info and hopefully u can show us a bit more, new to this game..... cheers
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the water almost looks too
the water almost looks too nice for tailor.
Looks like a good way to spend a rainy day guys.
Markie
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what size/ type of single
what size/ type of single hook did ya put on?
Colin Hay
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I went with an jigging assist hook
Easy to out on and it just seemed the right set up for trying to hook the bigger tailor.
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Cool shots guys. Been a
Cool shots guys. Been a while since I've had some tailor on my plate... thanks for the razz up to chase them again.
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Hi Ben There should be some good tailor fishing
coming up over the next few months so you better warm up your tailor gear.
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im excited :) caught a few
im excited :) caught a few from the mole about a month ago but nothin major. What size richter lure? I have the smallest ones in green and what? Think the bigger size produce better?
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The biggest ones are working for us at the moment
and the lime green ones have been doing the damage a lot of the time.
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A 3oz is a nice size
And cast a country mile ,So that the one i use
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Cheers guys
Cheers guys